Ongoing: Receiving intensive training from Marvin Skorman, LMHC via audio-visual supervision in conducting ISTDP informed psychotherapy with a focus on adults and youth, individual, family, and couple therapy format. Breakdown of hours: Since 2014 – 300 + hours of individual supervision. I receive approximately 49 hours of advanced audio-visual individual supervision training per year and approximately 108 hours of group supervision per year for a total of approximately 157 hours of training per year)
Received 100 + hours of general social work and counseling supervision
Arizona State University Field and Task Instructor: provide audio-visual psychotherapy training and consultations to graduate level interns
Conducting psychotherapy (youth and adults) with general mental health, severely mentally ill, DCS mandated, and substance abusing populations at local integrated care clinics
Conducted intensive outpatient psychotherapy with an adult, diverse, and mostly marginalized population (graduate level internship)
Facilitated therapeutic groups and conducted brief family therapy at an inpatient facility — teens and adults (graduate level internship)
Worked in a clinical capacity with Pre-K aged children (undergraduate internship)
Completed certification in Nonviolent Resistance (NVR) and the New Authority Interventions
Obtained Arizona independent licensure in masters level Social Work (LCSW), 2018
2 years of intense residential Zen training at the Rochester Zen Center (2005-2007)
Facilitated mindfulness groups in hospital and educational settings (2002, 2012)
1 year of intense physical expressive-arts and performance training with a strong focus on mindfulness in action (2002)
All of my services are available virtually with a HIPAA compliant version of Zoom.